Results 961-980 of 2,723 for speaker:Barry Andrews

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (20 Jan 2010)

Barry Andrews: I propose to take Questions Nos. 166 to 168, inclusive, 172, 175 and 176 together. As these are service matters they have been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (20 Jan 2010)

Barry Andrews: I propose to take Questions Nos. 173 and 174 together. The table sets out the level of funding provided by the Department of Health and Children to the organisation in question in the period 2000-2005. 2000 2001* 2002 2003* 2004 2005 â'¬335 â'¬170,814 â'¬5,305 â'¬221,925 â'¬202,909 â'¬297,354

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (20 Jan 2010)

Barry Andrews: I have responsibility for the implementation of the free Pre-School Year in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) scheme which commenced earlier this month. Following the announcement of the ECCE scheme in the April 2009 Supplementary Budget, information in relation to the scheme has been available from my Office either through direct contact or from the website www.omcya.ie. From May...

Pension Provisions. (19 Jan 2010)

Barry Andrews: I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of the Minister for Social and Family Affairs. Spouses who are actively engaged in a commercial partnership, including the operation of a farm, as opposed to simply being the joint owners of a property, are treated as individual self-employed contributors and are thus liable to social insurance contributions. On foot of a programme for...

Written Answers — Pre-school Services: Pre-school Services (19 Jan 2010)

Barry Andrews: I have responsibility for implementation of the free Pre-School Year in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) scheme which was introduced this month. Children will qualify for a free pre-school year place when they are aged between 3 years 3 months and 4 years 6 months at 1 September each year. The application of this age range is being interpreted as generously as possible to include...

Written Answers — Pre-school Services: Pre-school Services (19 Jan 2010)

Barry Andrews: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (19 Jan 2010)

Barry Andrews: I have responsibility for the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006 - 2010 (NCIP), which includes the Community Childcare Subvention Scheme (CCSS), as well as the free Pre-School Year in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) scheme which came into effect earlier this month. I understand that the service referred to by the Deputy received approval for an NCIP capital grant...

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (19 Jan 2010)

Barry Andrews: The issue of the adoption of children of marriage is being considered by the Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children (JCCAC). The Committee, which was established by resolution of both Houses of the Oireachtas in November 2007 is due to report at the end of January. The matters raised in that Report will then be considered by Government.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jan 2010)

Barry Andrews: The Community Childcare Subvention Scheme (CCSS) is implemented by my Office under the National Childcare Investment Programme (NCIP). In Budget 2010, the Minister for Finance announced that the CCSS would be succeeded by a follow on scheme with effect from September 2010. The new Community Childcare Subvention (CCS) scheme will continue to provide support funding to community based...

Written Answers — Pre-school Services: Pre-school Services (19 Jan 2010)

Barry Andrews: I have responsibility for the implementation of the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) scheme which has just commenced. Children will qualify for the free pre-school year when they are aged between 3 years 3 months and 4 years 6 months at 1 September each year. The application of this age range is being interpreted as generously as possible to include children who are aged more than 3...

Written Answers — Pre-school Services: Pre-school Services (19 Jan 2010)

Barry Andrews: I have responsibility for the implementation of the new free Pre-School Year in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) scheme. Approximately 4,000 pre-school services are participating in the ECCE scheme, with an indicated capacity of some 90,000 pre-school year places. The scheme is open to children aged between 3 years 3 months and 4 years 6 months at 1 September each year. This...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (19 Jan 2010)

Barry Andrews: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Adoption Services. (19 Jan 2010)

Barry Andrews: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue and affording me the opportunity to update the House on this matter. The Adoption Bill 2009, which will give force of law to the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, is continuing its progress through the Oireachtas and the debate on Second Stage is scheduled to resume on Thursday. A...

Road Network. (19 Jan 2010)

Barry Andrews: I thank the Deputies for raising this important matter. The Minister for Transport would like to express his sympathy to all who have been badly affected by the recent severe weather. Indeed, some parts of the country have been hit more than once by the impact of the earlier flooding and the recent severe cold weather. He also expresses his appreciation of the work done by the local...

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (17 Dec 2009)

Barry Andrews: Under the new Bill, there is no specific provision to provide post adoption services. Adopted children have, and will continue to have, the same eligibility and entitlements to health and personal social services and special education needs as any child in Ireland. However, the Bill does make statutory provision for the notification by adoptive parents of the adoption on return to Ireland...

Written Answers — Foreign Adoptions: Foreign Adoptions (17 Dec 2009)

Barry Andrews: The Adoption Bill, 2009, is designed to give force of law to the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Inter-country Adoption. The new legislation, which incorporates the provisions of the Hague Convention, is designed to provide a framework to ensure that appropriate procedures have been followed and that all adoptions are effected in the best...

Written Answers — Juvenile Offenders: Juvenile Offenders (17 Dec 2009)

Barry Andrews: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 168 on 9 December 2009 and to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 214 on 15 December 2009. The position remains as stated.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (16 Dec 2009)

Barry Andrews: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (16 Dec 2009)

Barry Andrews: I have responsibility for the free Pre-School Year in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) scheme, which is being introduced in January 2010. I also have responsibility for the Community Childcare Subvention Scheme (CCSS) which supports community not for profit childcare services to enable them to charge reduced childcare fees to disadvantaged and low income parents. Children will...

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (15 Dec 2009)

Barry Andrews: Both India and the Philippines have ratified the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in respect of inter-country Adoption. The annual report of the Adoption board for 2007 indicates that the board processed three adoptions from India and two from the Philippines under the Adoption Act 1952. The Adoption Bill 2009, is designed to give force of law in Ireland to...